quarto vscode extension enforcing a higher than expected quarto version

[boshek]

Description

Does anyone have any thoughts why my quarto vscode extension is suddenly requiring a specific version of quarto?

This is what I have with my default keybinding to render:

{ "key": "shift+cmd+k",           "command": "quarto.preview",
                                     "when": "!quartoRenderScriptActive" },

when I hit shift+cmd+k I get this popup:

which is executing this code path:

https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto/blob/06678d55143a7d6de6c7f0232db0c5dcf8392ca6/apps/vscode/src/providers/render.ts#L57-L66

which suggest that version 0.9.149 is the minimum version. Bumping to version 1.5.39 does indeed fix this but I'm not able to yet go to that preview version.

quarto itself still works great from the CLI with quarto preview, quarto render, etc all still working fine. It is just that my keyboard shortcut is not working. AFAIK, I did not modify any quarto setting. As an additional data point, if I am working on a qmd with an active preview (invoke by quarto preview file.qmd) then I hit the keyboard shortcut it will re-render the active file. 🤔

Things I've tried:

• re-install vscode extension.
• install newer version of quarto (works but not a workable solution at the moment)
• invoke same file from RStudio (works)

Has this ever happened to anyone before?

Version Info

quarto version: 1.4.555
quarto vscode extension version: 1.113.0
vscode version 1.90
macOS: 14.5

[mcanouil]

Install a previous version of the extension.

[mcanouil]

FYI, this was introduced in quarto-dev/quarto@06678d5

The rational is for R package support: quarto-dev/quarto#455

@boshek Are you in an R package workspace? (A workspace with a DESCRIPTION file with Package https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto/blob/06678d55143a7d6de6c7f0232db0c5dcf8392ca6/apps/vscode/src/providers/preview/preview-util.ts#L62-L75)

[boshek]

Thank you for the response. Much appreciated.

Yes I am in a package workspace but used as a project. So the folder structure does have a DESCRIPTION file and tests and functions in a R but the package is never intended to be installed. It is just leveraging the package features for organization.

From quarto-dev/quarto#435 I am seeing that this use case hasn't been considered. Looks like I can turn off the feature so that's ok, though I agree very much with your comment here. Not sure why we are defaulting to a pre-release package like this.

[cscheid]

Not sure why we are defaulting to a pre-release package like this.

I hear you. There is a reason for it that we're not entirely ready to talk about in public, so please bear that in mind for a few weeks.

[boshek]

Gotcha. And that wasn't meant to be snark. Thanks for everything!

[cscheid]

Ok, I can now explain, a bit earlier than expected.

The reason for that version setting is that it's required for Positron: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/